Pocket for shower-bath curtains



July 8 1924. 1,500,991

K. HEITLER POCKET FOR SHOWER BATH CURTAINS Filed Dec. 20. 1922 "WE/V761? KURT HE/TLEH A TTORNEYS Patented-July 8, 1924.

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Application filed December Toallwkom it may cmwem:

Be it known that I, KUn'r Hm'rr.mz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented anew and Im-' proved Pocket for Shower-Bath Curtains, of which the following is a full,- clear, and exact description.

Thisinvention has relation to curtained shower baths and aims for its principal object to provide in combination with the shower bath curtain, a ocket or receptacle arranged on the inner slde thereof for holdmg soap, sponges, wash cloths or other simi-' lar articles whereby to obviate the inconvenience of having to reach out through the curtain to obtain or replace said articles, while bathin As a furt er object the invention contemplates in combmation with a shower bath curtain, a ocket or receptacle formed on the inner si e thereof which pocket or rece tacle is provided with suitable means to allow for the draining of the moisture therefrom.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, articularly pointed outin the appended c aims and illustrated in the accom, panyin drawing, it being understood that the ri t is reserved to embodiments other thantliose actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are ex pressed.

In the drawing- Figure 1 illustrates a curtained shower bath provided with a receptacle constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary inner face view of the curtain and the pocket or receptacle.

Fi 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section'a view taken approximately on the line I 3-3 of Fig. 2. Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, 10 designates generally a 20, 1982. Serial No. ,001.

shower bath fixture having the usual supporting ring 11 adjacent the spray head 12 mm which the curtain 13 is suspended for encircling and enclosing the bather. The curtain 13 preferably consists of an outer layer or ply of fabric 14 and an inner layer or ply of rubberized facing material 15 which renders the same impervious to water or moisture. At an appropriate height a strip of material 16 is arranged at the inner side of the curtain, the same preferably consisting of fabric and rubber plies or layers 17 and 18 identical with the materiaLfrom which the curtain is .constructed. The fabric layer is dis osed in confronting relation to the inner ru berized facing 15 of the curtain and the side edges 19 are turned under and secured by cement 20 to each other and to the inner face of the curtain to produce a pocket or receptacle 21. The lower edge 22 of the material 1s turned under and cemented to close the lower end of the pocket or receptacle while the corners are cut away as at 23 to provide a drain outlet at each corner whereby the moisture or water will be prevented from collecting in the pocket or receptacle. In order to insure the tween the cutaway corners 1s preferab y arcuate whereby the same curves downwardly in opposite directions toward the cutaway portions or outlet.

It will thus be seen that an extremely simple and inexpensive means is provided to act as a receptacle within the curtain when closed for the accommodation of soap, sponges, wash cloths, or other articles to eliminate the necessity of the bather reach ing out to obtain or replace the articles while bathing.

I' claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a shower! bath curtain and a pocket formed on the inner side of said curtain consisting of a strip of material having cutaway corners at the lower portion, the side and lower edges of said strip being attached to the curtain with the upper edge and lower cutaway corners free for respectively providing a proper draining, the lower ed e bemouth at the upper end of the pocket for receiving the artlcles and drain outlets at the lower corners.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a shower bath curtain and a pocket formed on the inner side of said curtain consisting of a strip of material having cutaway corners at the lower portion, the side and lower edges of said strip being attached to the curtain with the u per edge and 10 lower cutaway corners freeor respectively providing a mouth at the upper end of the pocket for receiving the articles and drain outlets at the lower corners, the said lower edge being of arcuate formation to insure 15 the proper drainage of the pocket.

KUBT HEITLER. 

